Lock Screen as Root

[Bryan O'Neal]

I don't need sanity checking when I know I am being insane ;)

But to address what is in the minds of many...  And to discourage any
newbe's out their...

Yes it is crazy to run as root. However, when I log into my test machine
as root it is with the explicit intent of being crazy, and when I intend
to be crazy as a regular user I end up typing my password about once
every two minuets, which is very annoying.

The machine in question does not have any credentials outside of its'
self (unless that is what I am working on testing) and I have full
intent of wiping it out every six months or so and starting again. I
also monitor the box along with every device on my network for bandwidth
and protocol usage, and my monitoring is getting better every day (thank
mostly to all of you guys). Like I said before I understand the risk of
utterly destroying my test boxes installation and have learned much from
utterly destroying it several times :)

-----Original Message-----
From: plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us
[mailto:plug-discuss-bounces at lists.plug.phoenix.az.us] On Behalf Of Dan
Lund
Sent: Tuesday, April 17, 2007 10:21 AM
To: Main PLUG discussion list
Subject: Re: Lock Screen as Root

Turn the monitor off...
Honestly, what your asking is a way to stop sanity checking.

On 4/16/07, Bryan O'Neal <BONeal at cornerstonehome.com> wrote:
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> Is their any way to lock your screen when logged in as root on FC6?
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> Let us say that I often log into my FC boxes as root. (Mostly to get
VMWare
> WS 5.5 to do direct hardware access, but other things as well) Let us
also
> pretend I like it this way and fully understand the risk I take and
still
> believe that it is worth the risk.  That said, I would like to lock
one of
> the workstations as root.  As we all know xscreensaver will not let me
do
> this as there is a security bug that could allow others with counsel
access
> to gain root without the root password.  Again, it is a risk I am
willing to
> take (especially since if you have physical access you can gain the
root
> password on FC6 using the install CD and Linux rescue; and again with
> physical access you can reset the bios password to) All that said, I
still
> would like to lock my screen while logged in as root.  And I would
like
> something that is reasonably stable, like running Beryl, VMWare,
FireFox, or
> most other programs as root.
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> I have heard of ways to force xscreensaver to use the lock screen
plugin as
> root, but have not been able to find anything in my google search to
> describe how.  Any Ideas?
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> Bryan O'Neal
>  Cornerstone Homes & Development, Inc.
>  4220 E. McDowell Rd Ste. #108
>  Mesa, AZ 85215
>  (480) 505-1900
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